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On 7/4/2014 10:38 PM, sf wrote:
> > wrote:
>> On 7/4/2014 8:56 PM, sf wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>>> On 7/4/2014 5:03 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
>>>>>> Just curious... how many quarts is yours?
>>>>>
>>>>> Four! (I didn't know so I just had to go and measure it) )
>>>>>
>>>> Four US quarts, or four Imperial quarts?
>>>
>>> You know the answer to that.
>>>

>> If I did, I wouldn't have asked.

>
> The difference isn't enough to matter unless you're doing a scientific
> experiment.
>

Imperial quarts are approximately 25% bigger than US ones. Not a minor
difference.
The US fluid ounce and the Imperial fluid ounce are different, too, but
that could be described as minor. Perhaps that's what you were thinking of?